Metal sheet for surfacing walls



(No Model.)

H. A. LEE.

METAL SHEET PORY SURPAGLNG WALLS, LL No. 397,298. Patented Feb. 5,1889..`

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AUNTTED STATES PATENT EETCE.

HENRY A. LEE, or GLEN RIDGE. EW JERSEY- IVIETL SHEET FOR SURFCING WALLS,SLC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,298, dated February5, 1889.

Application tiled .Iuly 30, 1888. Serial No. 281,436. (No model.)

.To LZZ whom z5 may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IENRY A. LEE, oi' Glen Ridge, in the county ofEssex and State ol.' New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in MetalSheets for Surfacing lValls, Ceilings, che.; and the following isdeclared to be a de-A scription of the same.

Before my invention the surfaces of walls and ceilings have been coveredwith sheets of metal, especially tin, and the surfaces of these metalsheets have been ornamented in design or color; but said, sheets haveeither been laid edge to edge or tacked upon the wall or ceiling, andthe edges have simply been overlapped and tacked to place. In eithercase the join or edge of the sheets was apparent.

My invention relates to sheets or plates of tin or similar metal adaptedto surface walls, ceilings, the., having along, near, and parallel totwo edges of the sheet beads or ribs, which intersect or cross" at oneangle or corner of the sheet, Hat portions being left between the beadsand the adjacent edges of the sheet, the purpose of which beads or ribsis to form ornamental squares havingI a single or double line ofintersecting beading, according' to the manner of laying and groupingthe sheets, the edges of one sheet resting over the edge of theadjoining sheets and against the edge of the bead or rib, so that thejoin is not apparent. The surfaces of the sheets may be lacquered orotherwise ornamented in colors in any desired manner.

In the drawings, Figure l represents in small size one of my improvedsheets of metal, preferably sheet-tin. Fig. 2 represents a group of saidsheets. Fig. El 'is a section at of Fig. 2, and Fig. l also represents agroup of said sheets.

a., Fig. l, represents a sheet of metal the surface of which may bejapanned or ornamented in design or color as desired, and along near twoedges of said sheet are the beads or moldings h b', which beads areparallel to two of the edges f the sheet, and are preferably the are ofa circle rolled up in the metal. Said beads at one corner or angleintersect or cross each other, the surface of the sheet between thebeads and the edges being ilat, like the central portion. The ornamentalsurface of said sheets should. be baked or fired, so that said surfacecan be washed and kept clean, and said sheets as a surface forawall orceiling are more or less fire-proof, and they also form a desirable andornamental covering. Said sheets a can be grouped, as shown in Figs. 2,3, and l, so as to show, as in Fig. 2, a double line of beading, or inFig. et a single line of beading.

The manner of grouping the sheets, as shown in Fig. 2, is as follows:The sheet c is first laid in place, and the sheet d is laid with itsouter edge at l overlapping the edge of the sheet c, its extreme edgeabutting against the bead 2 and its bead iitting over and aligning withthe bead 4 of c. The sheet e is next laid on with its edge 5 overlappingthe edge of the sheet d and its extreme edge abutting against the edgeof the bead of the sheet d and with its bead (l aligning with the bead 7of the sheet d. The sheet f is now laid in place with its outer edge, S,overlapping the edge of the sheet e, its cxtreme edge abutting againstthe bead G of the sheet e. and its bead 9 aligning with the bead 2 ofthe sheet c, and its bead l0 aligning with the bead ll of the sheet e,thereby making an X form of double bead-lines, and said sheets are heldin place upon the surface of the wall or ceiling by tacks. The centerportion of the sheet at l2, where there are four thicknesses of metal,can be held in place by one tack, Fig. 3 showing the lapping at thesection-line it 0c, and showing the thickness of the metal exaggeratedfor the sake of clearness. A strip of molding, 18, is shown between thebeading-lines et and IO, and I would remark here that such a strip ofmolding' can be used to enhance the ornamental effect of the surfacing;but the same is not essential and forms no special portion of myinvention.

In Fig. 4 the sheets g, 7L, i, and 7c are laid on in place in the ordernamed, their edges overlapping and their extreme edges abutting 9against the lines of beading, the beads on the respective sheets formingcontinuous lines, as shown in the drawings. I

I am aware that metallic plates have heretofore been used as a surfacingfor ceilings,

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l 1:1' ens between the beads er ribs :und the adja- 1o cent edges el.'the sheet, substantially as specilied.

Signed by me this` 25th day 01.' July, 1838.

IIENR Y A. LEE.

iivn enses: GEO. T. PLNCKNEY, g HAROLD SERRELL.

